Tag: pension funds
Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement misses a trick
Where are the proposals to reinvigorate the London Stock Exchange and boost both public and private UK equity markets?
US corporates mention ESG less than they did last year
As political debates on ESG issues get more heated in the US, companies are cooling their talk on the topic, research shows.
‘Change fiduciary laws’ to end ESG battle in US
Academics suggest a truce between left and right, based on separating political issues from investment decisions.
News round-up: this week in governance
Mars CEO defends ESG and purpose; US president vetoes anti-ESG bill; trust can negatively affect M&As; Centrica chief’s £4.5m pay packet.
Stewardshop code adopted by vast South Korean pension fund
The National Pension Service in South Korea has voted to adopt a stewardship code that will see it engage more with companies.
Pension fund trustees to report on climate change policies
New legislation will ask pension fund trustees to publish policies relating to environmental, social and governance issues, including climate change.
Zuckerberg must quit Facebook, says New York pension fund official
New York City pension fund overseer urges Facebook chairman Mark Zuckerberg to quit, as part of cleansing itself after the Cambridge Analytica data leak.
Pension fund trustees could be forced to publish climate policy
The UK government examines whether pension fund trustees should publish a climate change investment policy.
Debt and riskier punts push company takeover values close to European IPOs
Cheap debt and institutional investors looking for high-yield investments has led to a glut of company takeovers, rivalling the value of European IPOs.
Norwegian oil fund to focus on ‘unacceptable emissions’
Ethics panel of Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global puts greenhouse gas emissions under scrutiny.